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199540819London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green 1827 Brattleboro VT: Optical Toys 1995. 12mo 15.3 cm 6.02". 28 pp. incl. pr. wrappers. <br><br>This is a faithful reproduction of a set produced in France over 100 years ago": Modern facsimile of the chapter on thaumatropes from the first edition of Dr. Paris's Philosophy in Sport => accompanied by 14 working examples and instructions for their use. The 1827 text uses an elaborate fictional frame story about the Seymour family and friends to teach about conducting experiments and examining scientific principles via "the common toys which have been invented for the amusement of youth" p. 25 including the thaumatrope or wonder turner a spinning-disk optical illusion serving as an early form of animation and often considered a part of cinematic history. The French "jeu du thaumatrope" set reproduced here was originally published circa 1891; 12 of the present thaumatropes have preprinted illustrations while two have been left blank for a user to decorate.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Inside box lid with bookplate of Vance Gerry of the Weather Bird Press; later in the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard with small booklabel "AHA". Publisher's printed paper wrappers housed in the original printed papercovered box with color-printed "Jeu du Thaumatrope" illustration; box edges and corners with minor rubbing. => Booklet and toys clean absolutely fresh and ready for fresh experimentation! Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 [Brattleboro, VT: Optical Toys unknown books
1996D11328Delegation a l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As new in dust jacket. Still in shrinkwrap so we can't tell you more! <br/><br/> Delegation a l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris hardcover books
1985D4486New York: Harry N. Abrams 1985. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth full-color illustration mounted to upper board; illustrated dust jacket. With 794 illustrations including 176 plates in full-color diagrams plans and 3 maps. Head of spine bumped and soiled otherwise an excellent copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. <br/><br/> Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1989105164New York: Harry N. Abrams 1989. Hardbound. VG/VG. White cloth with color plated tipped-on Bluish color-illustrated dustjacket. 630 pp. 178 full-color plates 757 bw plates. A comprehensive guide for art history students and Gothic period enthusiasts alike! Not just architecture but sculpture paintings manuscripts tapestries and more. A whopper of a resource. The author leads us beyond architecture through the whole range of the fine and decorative arts of an entire era from sculpture and painting to illuminated manuscripts sumptuous tapestries stained-glass windows and exquisite masterpieces of metalwork the last specimens of which mark the twilight of the Middle Ages. from dj. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
196429902Paris: Librairie Larousse 1964. First Edition. Quarto 28.75cm.; original cloth in white decorative dust jacket; 8591pp.; illus. throughout text in double column. Minor soil to jacket especially flap folds; textblock edges and preliminaries a bit foxed else Very Good and sound. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label tipped to front pastedown. Librairie Larousse unknown books
198619901Paris: Editions Herscher 1986. Hardcover. VG. Forest green cloth green & illus. dust jacket 183 pp. hundreds of color and bw plates. Text is in French Moments of Fashion. Issued in conjunction with a 1986 exhibition celebrating the opening of the Musee des Arts de la Mode in Paris. Features fashion styles from 1600-1940 both through photography of the dresses on mannequins and through the line drawings of Fabio Palamidese. With essays by Edmonde Charles-Roux Dominique Fernandez Patrick Mauries and Francois Nourissier. Editions Herscher hardcover books
194222608ENew York: Random House 1942. First Edition First Printing. With a New York Herald Tribune clipping laid-in dated April 26 1942 reviewing this book. Decorative endpapers. Near fine copy with just a trace of rubbing to the lettering at the spine without dust jacket. Elliot Paul was one of the noted American Paris expatriates of the 1920s co-editor of Transition magazine and knew all the notables of the period. Of the flowering of writing that came out of 1920s Paris Paul is the only American to write a lengthy memoir of what it was like to interact and immerse oneself in the people of his Paris neighborhood. This book is basically the story of the lives of the people of the street on which he lived the Rue de la Huchette. Paul lived there for the better part of 18 years until the Nazi occupation of France prevented his return. A genuine classic. Random House unknown books
1997135589Paris: Paris-Musees Gallimard/Electa 1997. Softcover. VG Ex-library with few markings and label bookplate at front inside cover pages are slightly tanned at top margin otherwise very nice. Black & white wraps 236 pp. many color & BW illus. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition in Paris. Illustrations are supplemented by explanatory text. "If you love love you'll love the surrealism" is the focus. Paris-Musees, Gallimard/Electa paperback books
195021483Paris: Editions Philibert 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in worn original case lacking top. 9.5 x 6 cm. Complete deck of cards. Two jokers and face cards in a variety of designs. Editions Philibert hardcover books
19899008788New York: Abrams 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. 935 illustrations including 178 in color foldouts map ground plans elevations. Bound in publisher's original white cloth. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
19319265Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. The eighth book of the press one of 495 copies on Satanized paper from a total issue of 570. Page size: 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Designed by Monroe Wheeler hand set in 10-point Stempel Baskerville this book was printed by L.C. Vittich in Darmstadt Germany. The frontispiece is a full page portrait of the heroine by Berard who along with Tchelitchew exhibited at the Pierre Loeb Gallery and had impressed the Paris art world in their rebellion against the cubist vogue. Both artists often joined the company of the Harrison partners. The book is bound in black silk and housed in grey paper-over-boards slipcase with a green paper label on the spine a near fine copy. Harrison of Paris unknown books
1927185685Funk and Wagnalls Company; New York and London 1927. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Signed Limited Edition. Signed by General Dubail Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. #445 of 600 copies. Green leather bound with nicely tooled gilt design. Boards have minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Color frontispiece of Napoleon. Gilt page edges. x 240 pages. Funk and Wagnalls Company; New York and London hardcover books
19344261Paris: Harrison of Paris 1934. First Edition one of 895 copies signed by the author the thirteenth publication of the press third issue with page 51/52 a cancel. Printed in 12pt Baskerville italic by Haddon Craftsmen Camden New Jersey this was the second book of one of America's leading new authors spine sunned else fine in very good publisher's case. Harrison of Paris unknown books
1930WRCLIT57139Paris: Harrison of Paris 1930. Large octavo. Quarter parchment and decorated boards t.e.g. Some foxing throughout the spine shows some sunning otherwise a nice copy in slipcase with sunning along fore-edge. One of 440 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 475 copies designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Ducros & Colas. The inaugural publication of Harrison and Wheeler's imprint. Harrison of Paris hardcover books
193520934Paris: Librairie Grund 1935. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth spine and front cover with leather spine labels printed in gilt. Near fine. 8 pages in Text. 80 full page color plates printed recto only. Mostly Art Deco designs by a host of designers including E. Fahrenkamp H. Kammerer et al. Text in French. Plates clean and fresh list of designer page slightly toned. Librairie Grund hardcover books
1903182979Paris: Ernest Leroux 1903. Hardcover. VG- light shelfwear to boards of both volumes. Volume 1 has small tears to beginning pages up to and including frontispiece along the hinges. Volume 2 is damp stained on boards with some staining to top of first 20 pages. previous owner's bookplate inside front covers. Pages are brittle and age toned as expected with age but are otherwise clear and clean. Both volumes bound in blue buckram with gilt spine lettering. Volume 1 has a bw illustrated frontispiece small bw illustration on title page with black and red lettering xv 357 pp; profusely illustrated throughout in full page plates and smaller bw illustrations. Volume 2 has a double page color illustrated frontispiece title page has small bw illustration and red and black lettering; 326 pp bw plates and illustrations throughout. A two volume set in French. T.1. Avant-propos -- L'architecture -- La sculpture. -- t.2. La céramique -- Les figurines de bronze -- Les bijoux les armes -- Les monnaies -- Conclusion. Title page: "Ouvrage qui a obtenu le Grand Prix Martorell Barcelone Concours de 1902. Publié sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles'Lettres Fondation Piot. Ernest Leroux hardcover books
1978302265Paris: Robert Laffont 1978. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers. Fine in half purple morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Memoirs of the wife of the pretender to the French throne Henri d'Orléans. Inscribed by the author on the fly-title and with ANS laid in. Robert Laffont unknown books
194820702Paris: Editions Pierre A Feu 1948. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Miro Joan. Approx. 8 pages with text also inside front and back covers. Folio 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Tristan Tzara Christian Zervos Paul Eluard Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Maurice Raynal et al. Eight color lithographs. CRAMER 16. Fresh clean copy and unopened at head. Editions Pierre A Feu unknown books
19014771Paris: Encyclopédie Roret 1901. Small duodecimo vi 352 pages. Advertisement. Illustrated with seventy-six figures in the text. Later edition. A complete manual for the café or other business selling lemonades coffee tea ices and ice creams and other refreshing diversions. In original publisher's illustrated wrappers with some wear to the spine otherwise generally very good. In attractive custom clamshell box. Encyclopédie Roret unknown books
19306159Paris: Harrison of Paris 1930. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Quarterbound black paper spine silver gilted paper boards black ink lettering teg; slipcase in black paper with silver paper label. 8vo. 71pp. Numbered limited edition this being 228 of 475. <br/><br/>Designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Decros & Colas. The first volume printed by Harrison of Paris. Harrison of Paris hardcover books
197422658Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs 1974. First edition of this exhibition catalogue. Signed by Hockney on the title-page above his scored-through printed name. Fine copy. Text in English and French. 4to frontispiece portrait illustrations original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy. Text in English and French. Musée des Arts Décoratifs unknown books
192018307Paris: H. Ernst 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth and board portfolio with ties. Very good. 4 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Folio a total of forty-eight plates loose as issued -- thirty-six in color many with multiple images per plate and twelve in black and white. Vivid and nuanced color reproductions. Backstrip extremities chipped. H. Ernst hardcover books
190418107Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1904. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good . First edition. Large quarto. Handsome half-leather bound edition. Color illustrations along with black and white photographs protected with tissue guards. 78 pp. Elaborate deco design to spine. Marble endpapers. Text in French. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Nationale hardcover books
191418108Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1914. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good . First edition. Large quarto. Handsome half-leather bound edition. Black and white photographs protected with tissue guards. 71 pp. Elaborate deco design to spine. Marble endpapers. Text in French. A large and heavy volume. French Royalty and their palaces. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Nationale hardcover books
1937182657Paris: Le Decor d'aujourd'hui 1937. Softcover. G/G- covers have moderate wear and soiling. Pages have some fading alonf edges but clean and tight. Back page advertsiment has become detached from spine. Yellow illustrated wrap. 128 pages illustrations. Text in French. Excellent title highlighting Classes 38-43 which is mostly interior decorative arts. Front cover illustration by Rene Gabriel. Awesome pictures map of exposition and great references. Le Decor d'aujourd'hui unknown books
